Featured Images are displayed at 1080 width and variable height on single posts and pages, and at a maximum of 712 width on the blog.

Hope this helps!

]]>dwaineforcouncil on "Ixion... some featured images getting cropped awkwardly"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ixion-some-featured-images-getting-cropped-awkwardly#post-3081632
Fri, 09 Mar 2018 14:42:03 +0000dwaineforcouncil3081632@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/I'm using the Ixion template and trying to figure out the best image specifications so that my features don't get cropped awkwardly. Can anyone help?
]]>siobhyb on "Affinity header image"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/affinity-header-image#post-3029947
Thu, 12 Oct 2017 15:55:46 +0000siobhyb3029947@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Sounds great. :) Let us know if we can help with anything else.
]]>walkintheparkstockport on "Affinity header image"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/affinity-header-image#post-3029907
Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:15:59 +0000walkintheparkstockport3029907@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Ok thank you I'll play about with it and see if I can get it clearer ☺
]]>siobhyb on "Affinity header image"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/affinity-header-image#post-3029903
Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:10:32 +0000siobhyb3029903@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/The best advice I can offer here is to make sure you're resizing the images proportionally to the original size. There's always going to be some loss in quality when you resize an image but this should be minimal if the new size is proportional to the original.
]]>walkintheparkstockport on "Affinity header image"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/affinity-header-image#post-3029891
Thu, 12 Oct 2017 13:53:15 +0000walkintheparkstockport3029891@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Hi thanks I tried that but unfortunately the image becomes very "pixelated" and doesn't look great 🤔
]]>siobhyb on "Affinity header image"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/affinity-header-image#post-3029838
Thu, 12 Oct 2017 10:54:04 +0000siobhyb3029838@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Hi there,

You're right that there isn't a built only way to crop the default header images. To crop them, you'd need to manually download the image to your computer (you could do that by right clicking on the image and choosing to "Save Image As") and then re-upload it.

]]>walkintheparkstockport on "Affinity header image"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/affinity-header-image#post-3029801
Thu, 12 Oct 2017 08:56:23 +0000walkintheparkstockport3029801@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Thanks for your reply - the image I'm using is one of the "suggested" ones for Affinity, but when I click on it it doesn't bring up the Crop button, it just puts it at full size with no option to reduce the height!
]]>musicdoc1 on "Affinity header image"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/affinity-header-image#post-3029671
Wed, 11 Oct 2017 19:51:16 +0000musicdoc13029671@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Hi,

On the Affinity theme, you may crop images used for the site header image, resulting in a shorter (but not less wide) image, as follows:

2. At the Choose Image module, either select an image from the media library or upload an image from external files. If selecting from the media library, then click on the chosen image.

3. Click the Select and Crop button at the bottom right. This will open the Crop Image module. Crop as desired and then click the Crop Image button.

4. Click the Save & Publish button.

I found that I could easily reduce the height of the header image, but not the width. Note that the Quick Specs section of the Affinity theme guide says:

The custom header appears at full-screen width with flexible height.

So this result is due to theme design. Reducing the width leads to stretching of the cropped portion to the full width, with some loss of quality as a consequence.

However, my tests produced some other results that were unexpected. I found that if I reduced the width and height to much then the header ended up with the height being much taller than that of the default (2000 x 1200) header images, the small image being stretched both ways (consequently losing quality) to fill the space.

Also, frequently the cropped header image displayed on the visible site was significantly different from the image displayed in the previewer at Customize.

]]>walkintheparkstockport on "Affinity header image"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/affinity-header-image#post-3029650
Wed, 11 Oct 2017 17:55:48 +0000walkintheparkstockport3029650@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/I am currently using Affinity theme and really like the header image that I'm using but would like to make it a little smaller - anyone know if thats possible? If so, how?
]]>siobhyb on "Dara Theme: Cannot chose different size for thumbnail"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/dara-theme-cannot-chose-different-size-for-thumbnail#post-3029191
Tue, 10 Oct 2017 09:06:31 +0000siobhyb3029191@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Hi there,

I tried to poke around the forums for an answer to my issue but either I'm not searching the right keywords or I may have missed it somewhere.
When I chose a featured image for a page, I have it set up so it shows up as a thumbnail on the main site page.
On the set featured image it allows me to chose the size of the thumbnail and crop it. Issue happens when I go back to my main page it still shows the full featured image instead of the thumbnail crop I created.
Am I missing something with this process?

I'd suggest that you do any desired cropping of the width before uploading the chosen file image at Customize > Header Image. The image that you upload to the Header Image tool should be at least 1800 pixels in width. Don't crop the width, and expect the entire width to be visible after cropping (the height). Images larger than 1800 pixels will be correspondingly scaled.

The height of the cropped portion of the original image may be anything between 0 and 720 pixels, but cropping to a height below 720 will cause vertical stretching of the displayed header image. For example, if you crop the image to 360 pixels, or half the height of the displayed image, then the displayed image will be distorted by being stretched vertically to twice its original height.

]]>whatthehellisonmyface on "Dyad 2 Header Image Issue"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/dyad-2-header-image-issue#post-3013139
Thu, 07 Sep 2017 03:15:19 +0000whatthehellisonmyface3013139@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/For my header image, despite aligning the rectangle to exactly where I want it on the photo, it keeps "zooming in" on the image and all of the words aren't visible. I've tried cropping, not cropping, etc., and I can't get the portion of the photo the size/crop it's supposed to be. I align the suggested-size rectangle after upload exactly how I want it, but once it's actually ON the website, for some reason it zooms in and distorts the space.
]]>dcoleonline on "Dyad 2 auto cropping the image"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/dyad-2-auto-cropping-the-image#post-2949560
Fri, 19 May 2017 12:43:54 +0000dcoleonline2949560@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/You're welcome!

I'll mark this thread as resolved, but if you need further help, just open a new thread.

]]>beyondtherealmofreality on "Dyad 2 auto cropping the image"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/dyad-2-auto-cropping-the-image#post-2949313
Fri, 19 May 2017 06:05:21 +0000beyondtherealmofreality2949313@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Yes dcoleonline, I did, seemed like the easier thing to do. And now I know it's better for my images too. Thank you for the response :)
]]>dcoleonline on "Dyad 2 auto cropping the image"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/dyad-2-auto-cropping-the-image#post-2948987
Thu, 18 May 2017 17:24:37 +0000dcoleonline2948987@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Hi there,

It looks like you've switched over to Karuna.

That is actually a better theme for control over the main image, as Karuna inserts the image on the page using an HTML img tag rather than using it as a background image in CSS like Dyad 2 does.

]]>beyondtherealmofreality on "Dyad 2 auto cropping the image"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/dyad-2-auto-cropping-the-image#post-2948351
Wed, 17 May 2017 20:45:20 +0000beyondtherealmofreality2948351@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Is it possible for me to crop the image which will be displayed on the blog homepage? Dyad 2 is doing it automatically, and I am not too pleased with the result.
]]>thesacredpath on "Impossible to edit images"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/impossible-to-edit-images#post-2945486
Sun, 14 May 2017 02:33:52 +0000thesacredpath2945486@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/You are welcome.
]]>jmwgippet on "Impossible to edit images"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/impossible-to-edit-images#post-2945235
Sat, 13 May 2017 18:32:48 +0000jmwgippet2945235@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Hi, you were right, it works! The problem was that I did not access my images by the media library... I found it by by /wp-admin.
Thank you very much!
]]>thesacredpath on "Impossible to edit images"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/impossible-to-edit-images#post-2944885
Sat, 13 May 2017 02:16:53 +0000thesacredpath2944885@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Hi there, I just tried editing image in my Media Library on my test site, and had no problems. Did you by chance look at our Image Editing support page?

Take a look through that and see if any of that helps.

]]>jmwgippet on "Impossible to edit images"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/impossible-to-edit-images#post-2944549
Fri, 12 May 2017 17:39:52 +0000jmwgippet2944549@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Hi,
I can not edit (cut, crop,...) my images in 'media'! When I watch online tutorials, I can see that I have not the same possibilities than what it should be!
Can you help me please?

Best regards

]]>thesacredpath on "Featured image cropping on mobile device & transparent menu? (Goran)"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/featured-image-cropping-on-mobile-device-transparent-menu-goran#post-2907569
Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:21:31 +0000thesacredpath2907569@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Hi there, I've checked your site, and although we can do this, it takes a good bit of CSS in order to keep spacing and such proper. In addition, do to the amount of text overlaying the image, when the image gets smaller, the text runs off the top and bottom of the image, which means we have to make the text smaller in order for it to fit, and at phone size, the entire image is covered with the text. Remove the existing custom CSS rule you have and add the following and test in tablets and phones. In my testing this seems to work well. Also, in your computer browser, narrow and widen your browser window kind of slowly and watch how things change.

Let me know if you see any problems. I've worked all this up off of your main page, so also check in other pages and such with different titles and featured images. It may be that we have to create different CSS rules for different pages due to differences in them.

As for switching themes, you are correct, there will be some items that need to be adjusted for each theme. These can include theme specific settings, as well as widgets (different themes use different widget areas).

If you find your widgets are missing, and want to retrieve them after a theme switch, you can use the WP Admin menu to grab them. Handy if you have widgets with specific settings that would take a lot of time to recreate!

First, visit your site - then add /wp-admin to the end of the address and load that page.

When it comes up, look under the left hand menu for Appearance > Widgets. At the bottom of that page you should see lists of inactive widgets and sidebars, if there are any :)

]]>prettygreatphil on "Hemingway Rewritten header images"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/hemingway-rewritten-header-images#post-2844023
Thu, 19 Jan 2017 01:46:13 +0000prettygreatphil2844023@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/Hi Chad, thanks so much for your help! Good to know how Hemingway was designed, possibly best to go with a different theme. Are there any other similar themes you might recommend?

Is there a guide to changing themes and what one might need to consider before doing so? I know it has a decent ability to swap, but I assume plenty will need to be reworked to fit properly with the new one.

Hemingway Rewritten uses a set width, as you've noticed. Because of the way this is built into the theme, it isn't something you'll be able to change.

Another factor to consider, is that the header on Hemingway is built to work as more of a background image than an actual logo. A theme that features a logo might work better, as that will always display the full image (narrower screens will cause part of your image to disappear on Hemingway Rewritten).

Logos are often smaller than Header Images - so a theme with a large logo, like Plane might be a good bet. It has a similar layout to Hemingway Rewritten, and features a nice large logo size :)

I’m trying to figure out my header images in Hemingway Rewritten. The header recommended size is 1280 x 416. Is there a way I can enable higher resolution images? I’ve tried simply uploading bigger ones, but they are always compressed or cropped by the theme and look awful. This isn’t 2006, most monitors are much larger than 1280 across. Can I set the header size to be different?

Can you select it on that page and try cropping it, please? Let me know if it still won't let you crop.

]]>timethief on "Gravatar Preview not showing at Crop Step"https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/gravatar-preview-not-showing-at-crop-step#post-2819134
Sat, 17 Dec 2016 22:53:13 +0000timethief2819134@https://en.forums.wordpress.com/I had this issue too and it was due to the fact that my image was HUGE but that doesn't sound like yours is. I will type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for a Staff follow-up. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Also subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond and be patient while waiting. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.
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